D60 moon with Sigma 50-500 and 2x TC

Andreas P. · May 16, 2002

Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma 50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is visible.

Regards,

Andreas

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matt Piskulic · May 16, 2002

That is a really nice looking shot. Did you USM this image yet.
M

rcliff · May 16, 2002

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

--
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

Bill too26877 · May 16, 2002

When are you going to stop making your wife hold up those swiss cheese rounds while you photograph them? (Says I with envy)

billtoo

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

Andreas P. said:
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petr nosek · May 16, 2002

Great one... Very sharp. I was trying to do such a picture with canon 75-300 lens, np TC and it was pretty good, but not that sharp. What was you technique? Mirror flip up? speed? tripod?...

P.

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

--
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

Alan Hartmann · May 16, 2002

Very nice Andreas, reminds me of the "Same procedure every month" posts from way back in STF. I never get tired of well executed moon shots like this.

Regards,

Alan

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

http://home.t-online.de/home/Petzold.Mainz/d60moon.jpg

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Critter1 #80734 · May 16, 2002

I bought this same combination this week and its been raining ever since, so I haven't even had a chance to take a huge telephoto shot of the cat across the room yet.

What were the timings on your photo?
Waiting for the first clear night.

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

--
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

Davidk · May 16, 2002

This shot rivals and surpases some of my OM-1 and Celestron NexStar 8 moon shots. Well done. Davidk

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

--
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

Matt Piskulic said:
That is a really nice looking shot. Did you USM this image yet.
M

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Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

Hi Bil,

I am single ...

Regards,

Andreas

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

petr nosek said:
Great one... Very sharp. I was trying to do such a picture with
canon 75-300 lens, np TC and it was pretty good, but not that
sharp. What was you technique? Mirror flip up? speed? tripod?...

Mirror flip up, two tripods (this lens is so heavy).
The EXIF header of the photo is intact (f14, 1/20s)

Regards,

Andreas

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

Hi Alan,

Member said:
Very nice Andreas, reminds me of the "Same procedure every month"
posts from way back in STF. I never get tired of well executed
moon shots like this.

Yes, the STF was (is?) a very special forum. I wish more EX STF'ler would
come over here

Thanks for your comments!

Best regards,

Andreas

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

Critter1 #80734 said:
What were the timings on your photo?

1/20s

Critter1 #80734 said:
Waiting for the first clear night.

Well, there are still some days left until it is full...

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

David,

Davidk said:
This shot rivals and surpases some of my OM-1 and Celestron NexStar
8 moon shots. Well done. Davidk

Thanks for your comments! But i don't know if i should be happy with it.
As already mentioned the D60 is much more demanding in aspect of the lenses.

Regards,

Andreas

Jaja · May 17, 2002

Hello Andreas,

I think your moonshot is great. There are indeed a lot of moonshots out there, but yours is one of the "better" ones.

Andreas P. said:
Andreas P. said:

This shot rivals and surpases some of my OM-1 and Celestron NexStar
8 moon shots. Well done. Davidk

Click to expand...

Thanks for your comments! But i don't know if i should be happy
with it.
As already mentioned the D60 is much more demanding in aspect of
the lenses.

??? Why shouldn't you be happy? Is there something that can be improved in this shot? Did you expected to see "Marsians on the moon"? ;-)

I'm enjoying my Sigma 50-500mm and imho, it's a great lens. I tested various focal settings and they all are great. So, the 50-500mm range is usable all the way, and that's just what I needed for a lot of shootings.
So far, I'm very happy with my "beast" ...

Kind regards,
Jaja
http://www.belgiumdigital.com

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

Hi Jaja,

Member said:
I think your moonshot is great. There are indeed a lot of moonshots
out there, but yours is one of the "better" ones.

Thanks for your comments!

Member said:
??? Why shouldn't you be happy? Is there something that can be

improved in this shot? Did you expected to see "Marsians on the
moon"? ;-)
I'm enjoying my Sigma 50-500mm and imho, it's a great lens. I
tested various focal settings and they all are great. So, the
50-500mm range is usable all the way, and that's just what I needed
for a lot of shootings.
So far, I'm very happy with my "beast" ...

I am still very happy with this lens too. IMHO it has a really good price/benefit ratio. (Although i am looking very envious to the EF 600/4 L of my collegue).

This kind of moon shots i have done with all my cameras (from my CP950 up to now) It is amazing how they have become bigger and better in terms of resolution and size)

The last one i did with the same combo and my D30. So i expected a magnification of around 40 percent with the D60.

But now i am seeing already slight CA (in the original). Nothing dramatic, but visible. Perhaps caused by the alignment (?) of the TC or the
higher demands of the D60 imager in aspect of the glass.

However, i can't compare the D30 moon shot with the D60 pendant just because we already have to much atmospheric "interferences".

Conclusion: I still would recommand the Sigma 50-500 lens but not a
2x TC (from Sigma or Canon).

Best regards,

Andreas

Glen S · May 17, 2002

Glen S wrote:

Hi Andreas, You really need to stop "showing off." First it was the fantastic "bird shot" the other day and now a great "moon shot." You really know how to make this lens "sing" don't you. I would like to see a shot of your 50-500 lens being supported by 2 tripods. Thanks for sharing and keep sending more of these.

Andreas P. said:
Andreas P. said:

I think your moonshot is great. There are indeed a lot of moonshots
out there, but yours is one of the "better" ones.

Click to expand...

Thanks for your comments!

Andreas P. said:

??? Why shouldn't you be happy? Is there something that can be

improved in this shot? Did you expected to see "Marsians on the
moon"? ;-)
I'm enjoying my Sigma 50-500mm and imho, it's a great lens. I
tested various focal settings and they all are great. So, the
50-500mm range is usable all the way, and that's just what I needed
for a lot of shootings.
So far, I'm very happy with my "beast" ...

Click to expand...

I am still very happy with this lens too. IMHO it has a really good
price/benefit ratio. (Although i am looking very envious to the EF
600/4 L of my collegue).

This kind of moon shots i have done with all my cameras (from my
CP950 up to now) It is amazing how they have become bigger and
better in terms of resolution and size)
The last one i did with the same combo and my D30. So i expected a
magnification of around 40 percent with the D60.
But now i am seeing already slight CA (in the original). Nothing
dramatic, but visible. Perhaps caused by the alignment (?) of the
TC or the
higher demands of the D60 imager in aspect of the glass.

However, i can't compare the D30 moon shot with the D60 pendant
just because we already have to much atmospheric "interferences".

Conclusion: I still would recommand the Sigma 50-500 lens but not a
2x TC (from Sigma or Canon).

Best regards,

Andreas

Alfred Rijnders · May 17, 2002

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

--
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

--
Alfred
http://rijnders4.myweb.nl

AndrewH · May 17, 2002

I'm sure it will be obvious after you tell us, what is CA?

Thanks
Andrew

P.S. Wow!

Andreas P. said:
Hi,

Yes, i know this is the 1000th or so moon shot. Yawn!
Beside of this spring isn't the perfect season for such photos.
Probably it would be better to wait some days more. Unfortunately
cloudy weather is anounced...

The following one was taken 30 minutes a ago with the D60, Sigma
50-500
and 2x TC. It is resized (50 percent). In the original some CA is
visible.

Regards,

Andreas

--
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

Andreas P. · May 17, 2002

AndrewH said:
I'm sure it will be obvious after you tell us, what is CA?

CA =
Chromatic abberations

Best regards,

Andreas

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